BIONORM: Pre-normative work on sampling and testing of solid biofuels for the development of quality management

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 01.0580

Key words (English)

Biotechnology; Economic Aspects; Energy Saving; Renewable Sources of Energy

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: ENK6-CT-2001-00556

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.4b.1 Cleaner energy systems, including renewables

Short description (English)

See abstract

Further information (English)

Full name of research-institution/enterprise:
Eidg. Forschungsanstalt für Agrarwirtschaft und Landtechnik FAT
Pflanze und Energie

Abstract (English)

Standards are seen as a major measure to develop the markets for solid biofuels to achieve the environmental, social and agricultural goals of the Commission. On this background the aim of the BioNorm project is to work out a quality assurance system for solid biofuels to help to develop the biofuel market.

This will be based on extensive work on sampling (e.g. investigations of the sampling errors and the sample reduction errors) and the testing of physical-mechanical fuel characteristics (e.g. moisture content & bulk density, ash melting behaviour, particle size distribution & particle dimensions, durability and raw density of pellets & briquettes) and chemical fuel characteristics (e.g. sulphur & chlorine content, major & minor elements). The results of this work will contribute to the work of CEN TC 335 'Solid Biofuels'. To ensure a successful project progress an Advisory Board will be installed.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
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Swiss Project-Number: 01.0580